Playlist.
A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.
Spotify jukebox does not correspond precisely with the selections listed, but maintains the playlist’s continuity and personality.
Kitaro – The Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Vol. 5 (Domo Music Group; 2017)
Premiata Forneria Marconi – 35… E Un Minuto (Sony BMG Italy; 2007)
Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks, Vol. 24: Berkeley, CA, 8/25/72 (Grateful Dead/Rhino; 2017)
Les Filles de Illighadad – Eghass Malan (Sahel Sounds; 2017)
Rachel’s – Handwriting (Quarterstick; 1995)
astrïd & Rachel Grimes – Through the Sparkle (Gizeh; 2017)
Muhal Richard Abrams – Spihumonesty (Black Saint; 1980)
Fergus Kelly – Local Knowledge (Unfathomless; 2017)
The Comet Is Coming – Channel the Spirits (Special Edition) (Leaf; 2017)
Sons of Kemet – Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do (Naim Jazz; 2015)
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir – Já (self-released; 2017)
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir – Sounds of Iceland (self-released; 2015)
Rapoon – Sanctus Equinox (Winter-Light; 2017)
Gyða Valtýsdottir – Epicycle (Smekkleysa/figureight; 2016/2017)
Philip Glass – Koyaaniqatsi – Philip Glass Ensemble, Collegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic/Michael Riesman (New York Philharmonic; 2014)
Steve Reich – Double Sextet; Radio Rewrite – Ensemble Signal/Brad Lubman (Harmonia Mundi; 2016)
Mark So – and suddenly from all this there came some horrid music – Cristián Alvear, Gudinni Cortina (caduc.; 2017)
Dave Clarkson – A Red Guide to the Coastal Quicksand of the British Isles (Linear Obsessional; 2017)
Sarah Hennies – Knees (self-released; 2017)
Manfred Werder – 20092 – Miguel Prado, Manfred Werder (Heresy; 2012)
Jeph Jerman – For Loris – Loris (Never Come Ashore; 2011)
ProjeKct X – Heaven and Earth (DGM; 2000)
The Staves & yMusic – The Way Is Read (Nonesuch; digital Nov. 24, 2017, physical Dec. 1, 2017)
Björk – Utopia (One Little Indian; due Nov. 24, 2017)
Marginal Frequency – Organ for the Senses (Marginal Frequency; 2017)
> Michael Pisaro – Secular Reason; Samuel Dunscombe – An Inside-out Map Of the Spreckels Organ Pavilion; Steven Andrew Flato – Face South Toward the Storm; Wen Liu, Celeste Oram, Johannes Regnier – Artificial Horizons
Christian Fennesz/Sachiko M/Peter Rehberg/Otomo Yoshihide – ErstLive 004 (Erstwhile; 2005)